Windshield glare deflector



. i Posten-ted Sept. l, v l .i l l Y I v i 'i UNITEDSTATES/PATENTOFFICE.

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To all idiom ity may concern.' Be it known that I, Ehm. T. BAsrzs, a

citizen of the United States, residing-fet .shield Glare Delector; and Ido hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description ofl the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which ertains to make end use thesame. T xis invention'relaties .to a glare shield of the type oormnonly used in oo nnecti'onwith the ordinary wind shield used on an automobile.

It is an ohiect of this invention tovpro vide a glare shieldV adept-edto bev disposed at an angle to tlieplane of the'wind shield and whichcomprises a. plurality of transparent sheets.

It is 'a further object of the inventionto provide n glare shieldcomprising a. framec ontai ning a plurality of parallel transparentlates together with means for holdmt e same 1n various posi-tions et thein' s1 e of and sup o'rted from the Windshield. These and otier objectsand advantages of the invention will more fully appear from thefollowing descrip-tion inn-.de in com nection with Vthe accompanyingdrawings in which like reference characters refer to tliev same -partsthroughoultthe difiere-nt views, and in which, 4 F ig. 1 is a diagonalview showing the device attahedto a `:rind shield, a portion of theautomobile also being indicated;

v Fig. -2 is a View in elevation of the device,

- as seen from the inside olf. the windshield;

Fig. 3- is a View in side elevation of the device, fa portion of the deviee and` the .Windshield being shown in vertical section; and

Fig. 4 is a'verticl section taken on the 'line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, in Fig. 1 a.'

portionof the hood '1 ofthe v automobil-e is indien-ted, "together'withthe. ordinary Wind .shield 2 havi'n the frame Sextendingthere'- about.The

evic'e of the intention comprises .a rectangular frame 4 substantiallychannel shape in cross section, as shown Figa-4, in which is mounted e.of; ispo.. In

' parallel transparent plates 5j 'A pair-of 7 ext-end from the end poxslightly spaced relation and separatedrom `eec'h other and from therame4 hystrps of fabric or slightly resilient. material 6.

' tions -o fui-melt :upwardly parallel therewith which arms will besecured' to said frame in an suite-lele manner, preferably by spot weling. Another pair of arms'S extend nn .'ularl from the lower ortions ofthe @mils of rame 4 substantia y at an angle of 45. to the frame 4 inany suitable manner, pref# erably by s t weldin The frame 4 is adaptedto dispo at an .angle to the plane of 4the wind shield 2v and for thispurpose, a air of'strips or bars 9 are provided which e'pend at the4inner surface of the wind shield substantially parallel thereto.

The'strips 9 at their upper ends, are twisted I through a. 90- angle andform-ed with a eurved gestion-and a terminalportionbent et a rig itangle. to forni one member 9* of a'clnrnp. The other part l0 vof saidclamp is :ils'o'ormed of@ narrow strip and bent at aslight angle tooverlap the top of por- `tion 9* and also formed with a'eurved portionembracing the outer sides of the frame.,

3. The memhers 10 are `connected to the members -9* by .headedV and.mittal bolts 11 adapted .to clenip'snid members to the franje 3 sothatthe strips .9 yare supported from said frame 3., The members 7 and 8contact the outer sides of the .strips .9 end the' latter are providedwith n. 7plixrali of spaced holes 12 with which similar ho es in members7 and 8 aline. Headed -bolts 13 extend through said'alined holes and areen- 'gnged by the Wing' nuts 14. The frame '4 is 'tht-1S held- .at 1anangle' to .the Wind shield 2 end vin-l'the embodiment of the inventionillustrated, said angle is shown as a proxi- 'mately 45. The said-frameeel-n'V he eld in various vertice-l positions by AInserting thestripsffl, of course, can be 'disposed in dif- The members 8. are `v yo5 bolt i3 through other of the holes 12.' `The ferent positionslongitudinally .of the frame 3. Thelower ends of the' 'stri-ps 9- areprowided with resilient Reds or en s' I5 eid-alix#- e said rays passthrough' the shield 2 and Suo? cessively strike the surfaces of theplates 5. A certain portion of the light will be roilected b each ofsaid 'surf-'aces of pla-tes 5 the 1 -ight- .a'ter passing through all oflos;

'a glare shield comprising a plurality of said platesell'ectiveljwvillbe dimmed. The blinding glareoften caused" by thelights of an approaching car or b v the sun is thus eliminated. at thesame time,` the 'cision' through the )lates 5 is not; impaired. The)lates 5 will supplied in a sufficient nunr' lier to produce the desireddim-ming etect upon the light, only three of said plates be'- ing shownin the embodiment of t ie inven-` tion illustrated. The Vangle of theframe 4 andplates 5 will also be determined to give the best effect. Thepads 15 will preventnny rattling or knocking of the stri )s 9 againstthe inner side of the wind' shielc i',

I`ro1n the above description itis seen that applicant has provided avery simple and ellicient glare preventing device.- The same can easilybe attached to practically all standard automobiles and can be quicklyplaced in position or removed. The dev-ice comprises few parts and canbe easily made. The saine has beenvactually demonstrated in practice andfound to be ver)- successful and etlicient for the purpose intended.

It will, of courset be understood. that varions changes may be 'made inthe forni, details. arrangement and proportions of the parts Withoutdeparting from the scope ofapplicant`s invention, which. generallystated,v

consists' in a device capable of carrying ont the objects above stated,such as shown and described and set forth in the appended claints.

ll'hat/I claim is:

1. The combinati-on `with a wind shield, of.

slightly' spaced transparent sheets, and means for supportingr tjheksame 4in diterent positions on said wind shield.'

2. The combination with the Wind shieldet' an automobile of. a glareshield compris? ing a pl'uralit)- of spaced transparent p etes extendingdownwardly and Vinwardly from said win-d shield` and means forsupporting the same in different vertical positions on said Wind shield,A t

3. The coznbinationjvith a normally rertL cal .wind shield of anautomobile, of bars extending vertically at the inner side' thereof, andAdetachable secured to the top of said shield; a glare Shield oftransparent laminated material extending inward-ly at. an angle to. saidwind shield, means on` 'Said glare shield adjustable to different.ositions along saidvbar's, and means for hol ing said last mentioned'means and said glare shield in position on said bals.

4. The combination with the wind shield of any automobile, of a glareshield comprising a. lurality of 4spaced transparent 'sheet-s exten(iner inwardly and downwardly at an angle. osubstantially 45 to saidwind' shield, and means for holding the glare shield in various verticalpositions relative to said wind shield.

5. The combination with 'the Wind shield of an `automobile, o f aglareshield comprising a rectangular frame.- a plurality of aral el sheets oftransparent material `e-ld therein, said frame and sheets extendinginwardlv and downwardly from ,saidf Wind shield at the inner sidethereof, arms'extending upwardly from the upper port-ion -of the ends ofsaid frame: arms extending substantiall)- horizontal from the lower'portions Aof the ends of said fra-me', and spaced 'strips at' l-t-lieinnner lside .of said windshield-to which said bars are adjustablyconnected.

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